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Maraapunisaurus Maraapunisaurus fragillimus (Cope 1878)
/mˌæɹɑːpjˌuːnɪsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · 149.2–143.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
United States
Region
Colorado
Formation
Morrison
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Maraapunisaurus fragillimus is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 149.2–143.1 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Colorado, United States. It was named by (Cope 1878). The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Maraapunisaurus fragillimus sits in deep time
Maraapunisaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Maraapunisaurus fragillimus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.